# Committees of Correspondence and the Road to American Independence

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/committees-of-correspondence-and-the-road-to-american-independence>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** October 8, 2014

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The story of the American Revolution’s prelude continues with the emergence of Committees of Correspondence among the colonists.

[Originally published in essay form on January 10, 2012.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/committees-correspondence-road-american-independence)

_Narrated by James Foster._